The manganese industry is in a state of flux, characterised by sluggish steel demand from China, coupled with relatively high steel stocks. Despite these overarching dynamics in the steel industry, manganese has benefited from its own trio of "super trends" – growth in China, greenfield manganese projects and emerging markets. However, the current macroeconomic environment and political landscape presents new challenges for the manganese industry and they are expected to have an effect on manganese production, steel demand and manganese ore and alloy prices.
With this in mind, Core Consultants, using Creamer Media as a platform, has published a guide to traverse the erratic manganese market by producing a global monthly report, which is authored by analysts from South Africa and Ukraine, and keeps abreast of the latest industry trends. Each issue discusses global trends in the manganese ore, alloy and steel markets. It also provides price direction for electrolytic manganese, ferromanganese, manganese ore and silica manganese.